Guinea: a promise to end the plunder of a country
For decades, corrupt dictators in Guinea have sold off its mineral wealth for plunder. But now the west African state has a president who says he wants to end all that.
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For decades, corrupt dictators in Guinea have sold off its mineral wealth for plunder. But now the west African state has a president who says he wants to end all that.
Jonathan Miller’s powerful images describe the challenges facing the west African state of Guinea as it struggles to exploit its reserves of bauxite, copper, gold, diamonds and iron ore.
We’ve been raging against the machine since 2009, but is “chartjacking” really an act of political defiance? Channel 4 News takes a look at the hit parade.
Visiting Congo with film star Angelina Jolie, UK Foreign Secretary William Hague goes to Kinshasa to lobby President Kabila to back their campaign against warzone rape.
Foreign Secretary William Hague and film star turned UN envoy Angelina Jolie have jointly launched a campaign to end warzone rape but, as Cathy Newman writes, there are many obstacles in the way.
He’s been convicted of tax fraud and is charged with paying for sex. But despite the protests Silvio Berlusconi could lead his conservative coalition back into power, writes Felicity Spector.
Rebels widely believed to be backed by Rwanda claim control of Goma in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.
It seems the universe has just got a little bit richer following the discovery of a new planet which scientists say is made largely out of diamonds.
We have entered a new world. Politicians now appear sovereign over our banking system. Many in Britain will welcome that. For many, it will be a profound shock. And this is just the beginning, writes Faisal Islam.
Following the resignation of Bob Diamond in the midst of the bank lending scandal , Barclays releases a memo of a phone conversation between Mr Diamond and Bank of England Deputy Governor Paul Tucker.
As world and European champions Spain face four-times World Cup winners Italy in the Euro 2012 final, Keme Nzerem asks if Italian flair and defensive excellence can overcome Spanish tiki-taka.
Former Liberian President Charles Taylor has been jailed at the UN-backed special court for Sierra Leone in the Hague for aiding and abetting war crimes during Sierra Leone’s civil war.
Channel 4 News Presenter Jon Snow blogs about the Goodwood Sculpture Park
The ex-Liberian president faces an 80-year term in a UK prison for aiding and equipping rebels in Sierra Leone’s civil war, and for his role in rape, murder, and the conscription of child soldiers.
The former Liberian president is found guilty of war crimes in Sierra Leone at a special court in The Hague.